Reinforced cement or concrete catch-basin and sewer-pipe.



No. 890,573w PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. J. M. PHBLAN.

REINFORCED CEMENT 0E CQNGRETE CATCH BASIN AND SEWER PIPE. APPLICATIONFILED MAR. s, 1500.

7 g WITNESSES:

UNITED s'rAtrns JOHN M. PHELAN, 0F JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 'lOREINFORCED (IONURETE PIPE COM- PANY, 0F JACKSON, MICHIGAN, AOItlOltA'lION OF 01110 I Specificationof l'aettern Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed March 6, 1906. Serial No. 304.582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Joan MPHELAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jack son, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced (emcntor (oncrcte (latch-Basins and Sewer-Pipe, of which the following is aspecification.

The objcct of my present invention is to provide a catcli'basin and asewer )ipc which will be reinforced both transversely. andiongitudinally thereby providing an exceedingly strong and durablearticle.

Another object of the invention is to provide 'a catch basin which inaddition to being reinf orccd. will be provided with castings carryingsteps which can be pushed in or out as desired, and which when pulledout will serve as a ladder by means of which descent into and ascentfrom the catch basin can be conveniently had. 4

With these ob'ects in view m invention consists in providinglongitudinal and transverse reinforcing strips or. bands which areembedded in the cement or concrete when the catch basin or pipe isformed, and the invention consists also in the employment of castingswhich are also embedded in the ocment or concrete of the catch basin andwhich have the steps or'ladder rungs connected thereto, said steps orrungs being adapted to be pulled out or pushed in as desired.

The invention also consists in certain de tails of constructionhereinafter fully de scribed and pointed out in the claims.

In thedrawings forming a part of this speeilicationz-Figure l is avertical sectional view of a catch basin constructed in accordance withmy rinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view'' of one of the longitudinalreinforcing bantls or strips. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of thecastin with the adjustable step or run" arranged fiiercin. Fig. 5 is adetail sections view of the said casting the ste or run r being removed.Fi 6 is a detail view 0 the rung or stc detae ed from the casting, andFigs. 7 am 8 are detail views of the reinforcing strips or bandsemployed in connection with a cement or concrete sewer pipe.

Referring to the drawings A indicates a cement or concrete out ch basinwhich maybe any size desired and may be made with a conical or dome.shaped contracted top as preferred. 'lhis catch basin, it will beunderstood, is made in a mold or form especially adapted for the purposeand for the purpose of reinforcing said catch basin, I arrange aplurality of metallic reinforcing strips B bent at an angle as'shown atB at its lower end and also bent at nn'angle at its upper end as shownat B 'lhcse metallic strips B have one or more straps punched therefromat intervals for the purpose of receiving and holding the transverse orcircumferential re inforcing bands I), which are )assed through theloops produced by puncliing the strap portion outwardly and )y arrangingthe're- PATENT-OFFICE.

inforcing strips and bands in the'mold before the cement or concrete ispoured in, and it will be seen that a metallic skeleton frame is rovidedaround which the catch basin is ormed and which is securely embedded inthe walls and bottom of the cat-ch basin and constitulcs a reinforcingframe. ln lfigs. 7 and 8 l have shown two forms of reinforcing stripswhich can be used in making cement sewer pipes, the form shown in Fig. 7being a flat twisted strip and the form shown in Fig. 8 being a flatstrip provided with offset portions. Both forms serve to prevent thereinforcing strips pulling out or working loose.

in addition to providing the catch basin with reinforcing metallic framework, 1 arrange a series of castings preferably u on opposite sides andarrange them so that t on extreme inner ends are flush with the innerwalls of the catch basin. The castin s E com rises the hollow endportions E anfi the soliifconnccting bar E the inner ends of "the hollpwportions being contracted as shown llrlu 1.

. 1 indicates the step or ladder rung curved to conform to the curve ofthe catch basinand having its ends F bent and adapted to slide inthehollow portions E of the castings E, and in order to prevent the step orrung bein completely withdrawn from the eastpreferably pass a cross pinF through the ends as shown which cross pin will prevent the' said stepor rung being pulled out after the casting with the etc or rung has oncebeen inserted in the-'wal of the asin. Instead of passin a cross in theextreme end of the member 1+ may be out over and serve the same iurpose.

From t c foregoing description taken inconnection with the accom enyingdrawing, it will be seen that l provir e an exceedingly strong anddurable catch basin thoroughly reinforced throughout, and also that Iprovide a, ladder upon he interior of the catch basin the steps rungs ofwhich can be pushed in when not desired for use and pulled out ready foruse whenever desired. it will he understood, of course, that manholesand other openings can be prmridcd any point desired. it is also obvious{hut the rein lorcing principle herein set lorh can be applied to cementor concrete sewer pipes.

Having thus fully described my invention, whetvl claim as new and desirein secure by Letters Patent, isz--- i. The combination with a; cement orcon- (Tetl catch basin, of a, plurality of costings embedded the sidewall of the said catch basin, the and portions of said castings beinghollow, and the steps shaied as described and having their endsslidohlyinountod in the hollow portion of the costings as set forth.

seams 2. A cement or concrete cylindrical body provided with a luralityof castings embedded in its wal s, each casting having a hollow endportion and a solid connecting her, the inner ends of the hollow endportions being contracted, the steps. or rungs having their ends bentand inserted in the hollow end portions of the castings, and means toprevent the withdrawal of the said bent ends I from the castings.

3. The'combination with a cement or concrcte cylindrical body, of themetallic steps having end portions, and the intermediate curved portion,the curved portions of said step corresponding with the curve of thecylindrical bod and the castings inserted in the sides of t ecylindrical body and in which the end portion of the steps are slidablymounted, asset forth.

JOHN M. PHELAN. Witnesses:

JAMES M. Ammo,

NATHAN E. Bunny.

